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单词 come off
释义

come off

verb

came off; come off; coming off; comes off

intransitive verb

1
a
: to acquit oneself : fare
came off well in the contest
b
: appear, seem
2
: succeed
a television series that never came off TV Guide
3
: happen, occur
4
US, informal
used in phrases like where do you come off? to express anger or annoyance at what someone has said or done
Marie was bent over the table now, reading, her piping girlish voice hot with indignation. "Where does she come off, anyway?" T. Coraghessan Boyle

transitive verb

1
: to have recently completed or recovered from
coming off a good year
2
: to have recently stopped using (an illegal drug)
an addict who is coming off heroin

Synonyms

  • be
  • befall
  • betide
  • chance
  • come
  • come about
  • come down
  • cook
  • do
  • go down [slang]
  • go on
  • hap
  • happen
  • occur
  • pass
  • transpire
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Example Sentences

couldn't believe that the wedding would actually come off—they've been “just dating” for years the attempted revival of the city's downtown never really came off, and even more stores eventually closed
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Word History

First Known Use

1590, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

come off

verb

1
as in to happen
to take place couldn't believe that the wedding would actually come off—they've been "just dating" for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • happen
  • be
  • come down
  • come
  • come about
  • occur
  • do
  • come to pass
  • cook
  • go down
  • chance
  • go on
  • befall
  • pass
  • come up
  • hap
  • transpire
  • betide
  • fall out
  • rise
  • turn out
  • develop
  • arise
  • go off
  • shape (up)
  • proceed
  • materialize
  • result
  • intervene
  • crop (up)
  • spring (up)
  • follow
  • break
2
as in to succeed
to turn out as planned or desired the attempted revival of the city's downtown never really came off, and even more stores eventually closed

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • succeed
  • go
  • bear fruit
  • go over
  • work out
  • pan out
  • click
  • catch fire
  • deliver the goods
  • catch on
  • deliver
  • flourish
  • go like clockwork
  • do the trick
  • thrive
  • prosper
  • cook
  • percolate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • strike out
  • wash out
  • founder
  • fail
  • miss
  • collapse
  • fold
  • struggle
  • flunk
  • flop
  • bomb
  • languish
  • decline
  • flounder
  • fall down
  • slip
  • sink
  • skid
  • wane
  • flame out
  • slump
  • crumble
  • crash
  • choke
  • crater
  • go under
  • miscarry
  • misfire
  • crack up
  • implode
  • self-destruct
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